Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[SunnyDawn]

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Unfortunately with chickens it's the hen who determines the offspring's gender.

Yep! The opposite of us humans.

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

see I did not know that!!! ok then, do you think it's possible for some hens to throw all male or all female offspring?

 

[chicken stalker]

I suppose its possible.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Cyn (speckledhen) has a hen that has only hatched out females.

 

[pips&peeps]

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yeah I'm pretty sure I have a box full of cockerels....just got that feeling.

I still think #1 is a pullet......

Have you seen this:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=298974

 

[chicken stalker]

Here is a close up of #1's feathers along its back. Below my thumb there are blue "stripy" feathers........... cockeral?

here's another shot of the same chick

What do you think?

 

[pips&peeps]

Awe it's a little baby girl.......

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Ok, I have a chick color question...I hatched some bantam Ameraucana chicks last week from a b/b/s pen, the breeder has lavenders, and I don't know if she threw any in...this chick seems too dark to be a splash, is it a lavender?

Here's one of the blues...

 

[chicken stalker]

pips&peeps :

Awe it's a little baby girl.......

at least I'll get one out of 6

1 is better than none​

 

[pips&peeps]

Going on lockdown tonight with the first batch of auction eggs.....

I just finished cleaning the hatcher and waiting for the temperature and humidity to level out. Come on chickies hatch!